Today, if you ask younger enthusiasts about the origins of the muscle car, most will point to the 1964 Pontiac GTO. However, two years before that, Dodges and Plymouths equipped with the Max Wedge V8 ...

Chrysler built the first muscle car, period. Before the GTO optional package was offered on the 1964 Pontiac LeMans as a performance add-on on a mid-sized automobile, Mother Mopar put out its ravenous ...

This 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible has been documented as just of one 35 to come from the factory with the dual-quad, Super Stock 426-cu.in. V8. Chrysler Corporation produced some powerful V8 ...

This is not a black '63 Dodge Polara 500 convertible with a Stage II 426 Max Wedge. Likely, it's the black '63 Dodge Polara 500 convertible with a Stage II 426 Max Wedge! Back in 1963, the Max Wedge ...

Vintage Hemi-powered cars are still the mainstay of Mopar folklore, but they weren't always readily available to everyday enthusiasts back in the day. That's why Blue Ridge, VA's Michael Damewood and ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

Mopar — a portmanteau of MOtor and PARts — had humble beginnings as a brand introduced by Chrysler Corporation in 1937 to sell antifreeze. However, today it's best associated with decades of providing ...

The Mopar name — a portmanteau of "motor" and "parts" — was coined by Chrysler in the late 1930s to brand its new antifreeze along with other parts and accessories and has since become an umbrella ...